City Of New Orleans chords by Roch Voisine

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Music & Lyrics: Steve Goodman
Album: America (2008)


Intro:
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |

Verse 1:
D MajorD       A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Riding on the City of New Orleans
B minorBm        G+G         D MajorD  D MajorD
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   D MajorD
Fifteen cars, fifteen restless riders
B minorBm          A augmentedA           D MajorD  D MajorD
Three conductors and tweny-five sacks of mail

Verse 2:
   B minorBm         B minorBm
All along the southbound odyssey
  F# minorF#m        F# minorF#m
The train pulls out at Kankakee
A augmentedA         A augmentedA       E MajorE    E MajorE
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
B minorBm           B minorBm
Passin' trains that have no names
F# minorF#m           F# minorF#m
Freight yards full of old black men
       A augmentedA    A augmentedA       D MajorD  D MajorD
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles

Chorus:
G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Good morning America, how are you?
B minorBm        G+G         D MajorD
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA      B minorBm  A augmentedA E MajorE
 I am the train they call The City of New Orleans
     C majorC    G+G    A augmentedA          D MajorD
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Instrumental:
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD

Verse 3:
    D MajorD          A augmentedA         D MajorD  D MajorD
Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
B minorBm         G+G        D MajorD  D MajorD
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
D MajorD        A augmentedA         D MajorD  D MajorD
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
B minorBm       A augmentedA           D MajorD  D MajorD
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor

Verse 4:
    B minorBm        B minorBm
And the sons of Pullman Porters
     F# minorF#m     F# minorF#m
And the sons of engineers
      A augmentedA        A augmentedA       E MajorE  E MajorE
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
B minorBm         B minorBm
Mothers with their babes asleep
  F# minorF#m       F# minorF#m
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
    A augmentedA       A augmentedA         D MajorD  D MajorD
And the rhythm of the rail is all they feel

Chorus:
G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Good morning America, how are you?
B minorBm        G+G         D MajorD
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA      B minorBm  A augmentedA E MajorE
 I am the train they call The City of New Orleans
     C majorC    G+G    A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Instrumental:
|G+G  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|B minorBm  |G+G  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|D MajorD  |A augmentedA  |B minorBm A augmentedA |E MajorE  |
|C majorC B minorBm |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |

Verse 5:
D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
 B minorBm       G+G        D MajorD  D MajorD
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D MajorD       A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
      B minorBm
Through the Mississippi darkness
A augmentedA           D MajorD  D MajorD
Rolling down to the sea

Verse 6:
B minorBm         B minorBm
All the towns and people seem
  F# minorF#m      F# minorF#m
To fade into a bad dream
     A augmentedA       A augmentedA          E MajorE  E MajorE
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
     B minorBm       B minorBm
The conductor sings his song again
  F# minorF#m       F# minorF#m
The passengers will please refrain
   A augmentedA           A augmentedA         D MajorD  D MajorD
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

Chorus:
G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Good morning America, how are you?
B minorBm        G+G         D MajorD
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA      B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
 I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
     C majorC    B minorBm    A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Chorus:
G+G       A augmentedA      D MajorD   D MajorD
Good morning America, how are you?
B minorBm        G+G         D MajorD
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA      B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
 I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
     C majorC    B minorBm    A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Outro:
|D MajorD  |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|B minorBm  |G+G  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|D MajorD  |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|B minorBm  |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD

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